Meaning of topic | Babel Free

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1. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
2. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about:argument, matter, point, subject, subject matter, text, theme.
3. Discussion thread.
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4. something spoken or written about; a subject. They discussed the weather and other topics. onderwerp مَوْضوع тема tópico námět das Thema emne θέμαasunto, tema kõneaine, teema موضوع aihe sujetנושא विषय tema, predmet (razgovora) (beszéd)téma topik (umræðu)efni argomento 話題 제목, 화제 tema temats topik onderwerpemnetemat موضوع، عنوان، دخبرې سره tópico subiect тема námet tema tema [samtals]ämne หัวข้อ konu, mevzu 題目，主題 тема, предмет обговорення موضوع chủ đề 题目，主题
5. A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
6. of interest at the present time. aktueel آني الأهَمِيَّه актуален atual aktuální aktuell aktuel επίκαιροςactual, de actualidad, de interés actual päevakajaline مورد بحث روز؛ امروزی ajankohtainen d'actualité מְעִנייַנֵי הַשָׁעָה सामयिक aktualan aktuális aktual mál dagsins, það sem er efst á baugi d'attualità, attuale 話題の 시사 문제를 다룬, 시국에 관한 aktualus aktuāls semasa actueelaktuellaktualny په موضوع پورې مربوط، په ورځنيو جرياناتو پورې تړلى: سيمه ييز، موضعي actual de actualitate актуальный aktuálny a...
7. A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
8. aktueel بأهميَّه آنِيَّه актуално de modo atualizado aktuálně aktuell aktuelt επίκαιρα con actualidad päevakajaliselt امروزی بودن ajankohtaisesti de manière actuelle מִבחִינָת הַאַקטוּאָלִיוּת प्रासंगिकता से, आधुनिकता से aktualno időszerűen, aktuálisan secara aktual varðandi mál dagsins (in maniera attuale) 話題として 시국적으로 aktualiai aktuāli semasa actueelaktueltaktualnie معاصر de modo actualizado la ordinea zilei актуально aktuálne aktualno aktuelno aktuellt, aktualiserande อย่างสนใจในเรื่องนั้น ...
9. An argument or reason.
   obsolete
10. The subject of a speech, essay, thesis, or discourse.
11. An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
    obsolete
12. A subject of discussion or conversation.
13. A subdivision of a theme, thesis, or outline. See Synonyms at subject.
14. Linguistics A word or phrase in a sentence, usually providing information from previous discourse or shared knowledge, that the rest of the sentence elaborates or comments on. Also called theme.
    Linguistics
15. a subject or theme of a speech, essay, book, etc
16. a subject of conversation; item of discussion

Equivalents

Examples

“A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.”

“stick to the topic”

“an interesting topic of conversation”

“romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation”

“The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy.”

“In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.”

“contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon”

“Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths.”

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